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The 'Wind Energy – The Facts' publication is widely considered to be the most important wind energy reference in the world. It presents a detailed overview of the wind energy sector, with the most up-to-date and in-depth information on the essential issues concerning wind power today. Wind Energy - The Facts website

In 2008, the U.S. wind energy industry brought online over 8,500 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity, increasing the nation’s cumulative total by 50% to over 25,300 MW. The new installations place the U.S. on a trajectory to generate 20% of the nation’s electricity by 2030 from wind energy as long as the industry continues to garner long-term policy support.

This 25-page annual industry report includes project and manufacturing investment information, as well as rankings by state, manufacturers and utilities. 

Every financial and economic aspect of wind energy is presented and analysed in this new report, from the very basic cost of wind energy as it leaves the farm to the effect large amounts of wind energy in the electric system have on the power price. It considers the way wind energy is financed through support schemes, the extra investment risks that need to be covered, how wind’s external benefits can be weighted and how it should be economically compared to electricity production from fossil fuels.

The new edition of Wind Power 08, a reference yearbook in the wind energy sector, includes a full report on wind power in Spain and in the world, an analysis of the Spanish wind industry as a global benchmark, both for the leadership and networking of Spanish companies and some chapters on economic, technological and product development.

In the US, wind power is now one of the country’s largest sources of new power generation of any kind. In 2008, with over 8,500 megawatts (MW) installed, wind power provided 42% of all the new generating capacity added in the U.S., according to initial estimates, up from less than 2% of new capacity added in 2004 (see chart below). The fact that wind power is now mainstream is good news for the US economy, environment, and energy security.

This 6-page annual brochure summarises market trends and industry developments in the US in 2008.

In May 2008, the US Department of Energy released a major report documenting the potential for wind energy to provide at least 20% of U.S. electricity demand by 2030. 

This AWEA report presents a white paper on policies proposed by President Obama and supported by the U.S. wind energy industry to achieve this goal.

Wind energy has come of age and more and more Europeans are attracted by the jobs created in the industry. Over the past fi ve years, the EU wind energy industry has created more than 60,000 new
jobs.

CanWEA’s Wind Vision 2025 – Powering Canada’s Future, argues that Canada has the potential to make wind energy the country’s next great economic opportunity, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing other environmental concerns. Achieving the goal of providing 20 per cent of Canada’s electricity needs with wind energy by the year 2025 will result in $79 billion in new investment, the creation of up to 52,000 new “green collar” jobs, and more than $165 million in new revenues for municipalities. 

  

This report is an independent survey of the world’s fuel resources, by RES and GWEC. The report assesses the resource base and future production capability for oil, gas, coal and nuclear fuel and comparing this to projected demand for each.